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Make Network Card LEDs Flash

Introduction

It's sometimes useful to be able to locate a network card when you're communicating with someone on the other side of the planet, who is in front of a machine you're connected to remotely and they need to plug in a cable but don't know which interface to use.

Configuration

Here's how to make the eth0 interface flash for 10 seconds:

ethtool -p eth0 10